Bed tilting device



June 27, 1933, E DQMKE ET AL 1,915,881

BED TILTING DEVICE Filed Dec. 8, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventors Z7@0m/rc J d?. JEH/7A? Bymmz@ June 27, 1933. E, F. DOMKE z-:T AL.

BED TILTING DEVICE Filed Dec. e, 1952 2 sheets-sheet 2 llornay Patented`lune 27, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD F. DOMKE AND SYLVESTERA. J'. ENNIS, OF SHULLSBURG,

WISCONSIN BED Timms DEVICE Application filed December The presentinvention relates to a device for tilting beds in hospitals, sick roomsand the like' when such is desirable and the object of the inventionresides in the provision of va device of this nature which is simple inits construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate,thoroughly efcientand reliable in use and operation and otherwise welladapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the inventionl consists in certain novel featuresof construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side tilted position by means of my front portion of thebed being tially in section.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section taken substantially on theline 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 33 ofFigure 1, and

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the device before the bed is tilted, thebed being shown fragmentarily. n

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the letter Bdenotes generally a bed including the usual foot 5 and-head 6. rlhe footis provided with the usual cross bar 7. The bed has been describedmerely for vthe purpose of exemplifying the utility of my device and ofcourse any other conventional bed adaptable for use with the device mayalso be utilized.

Referring now to the device itself it will be seen that the samecomprises a substantially inverted U-shaped frame comprising a top crossmember 8 with depending legs 9 the lower ends of which are curvedlaterally to the general plane of the frame asindicated at 1() and havejournalled on the ends thereof wheels 11. On each leg 9 there is aseries of spaced shoulders 12, the upper surfaces of whichY are notchedas indicated at 14.

The utility of the device isalmost quite appa-rent from the drawings as1t will be seen tlie device is engaged under the en-d of the bed to belifted by engaging the cross bar 7 elevation of a bed in device, theshown paror the like in the selected shoulders 12 dependn ing upon theheight it is desired to tilt the 8, 1932. Serial No. 646,320.

bed, and then the front end of the frame is swung upwardly andrearwardly until it abuts the bed thereby causing the end of the bedtobe lifted to the position shown in Figure 1 and the offset ends 10 ofthe legs 9 cause the rollers 11 to be sufficiently of center so that thedevice will stay put inthe position shown in Figure 1 without need ofany fastening elements.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantagesof this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in thisart without a morel detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described inconsiderable detail merely for the purposes of exemplilication since inactual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and inthe combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

A device of the class described comprising a substantially invertedU-shaped frame to provide a top cross bar with depending legs, the lowerends of the legs curving outwardly to one side of the general plane ofthe frame, horizontal trunnions carried by the extremities of the curvedparts, wheels mounted on said trunnions and a longitudinally extendingrow of projections on an intermediate part of each leg, the lower one ofwhich is adjacent the curvature of the leg, said projections beingspaced apart and extended in an opposite direction from that of thecurved part and each projection having a recess in its upper edge forengaging a bottom cross bar of an end of a bed, whereby when a pair ofthe projections engage with said cross bar tures. y

EDWARD F. DOMKE. SYLVESTER A. J. ENNIS.

